IHS: Estimated high-end TV shipments in 2018 nearly tripled

According to the latest report of IHS Markit, the shipments of 75-inch and above TVs will reach 1.69 million units this year, up 47% from 1.15 million units in the previous year (estimated) and twice as high as 3.38 million in 2020 station.

Yonhap news agency said industry watchers pointed out that as consumers stay in the smart phone longer time, the overall momentum of the television market, if the gossamer, however, the high-end models seem to be affected by the headwinds, shipments continued to increase, Samsung focused on 75-inch models above strategy seems to play an effect.

Data show that Samsung sold 151,800 units more than 75-inch TVs in the third quarter of last year, significantly ahead of 79,700 units of second place Sony and 34,900 units of LG.

Businesskorea reports that LG is also actively aggressively targeting the high-end television market. Its panel maker LG Display was the leading developer of the world's first 88-inch OLED TV panel on Monday with a resolution of 8K (7680 X 4320) and 2018 CES Consumer Electronics Show on the show.